liáng

grain, food

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
米 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

rice

良 sound component

  Sound component

liáng

  

good

Evolution

粮 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
粮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
粮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
粮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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liáng

food, grain, provisions; grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain

Most common words with 粮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

粮食

foodstuff

grain

口粮

ration

粗粮

coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)

粮仓

granary